Isabella Ferrari is the stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2) which was televised on Mediaset

Mediaset

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's Canale 5

Canale 5

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 from 2000 to 2001. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

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 she won a Volpi Cup

Volpi Cup

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 award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Romanzo di un giovane povero.

Career

Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio

Ponte dell'Olio

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, Province of Piacenza

Province of Piacenza

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, Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

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. At the age of 16 she was elected Miss Teenager in a contest held in a discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 as Selvaggia in the Carlo Vanzini comedy Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the film's sequel Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularly performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the protagonist in the first two seasons of the police drama series Distretto di Polizia.

At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Ferrari won a Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress in the Ettore Scola film Romanzo di un giovane povero in which she played the part of Andreina.

Personal life

Ferrari lives in Rome

Rome

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, and is the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (b.1998), and son, Giovanni (b.2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.

Filmography

• Sapore di mare, (1982)
• Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo, (1983)
• Il ras del quartiere, (1983)
• Domani mi sposo, (1984)
• Giochi d'estate, (1984)
• Chewingum, (1984)
• Le bon roi Dagobert
  Le bon roi Dagobert (1984 film)
  Le Bon Roi Dagobert is a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Dino Risi.-Cast and roles:* Coluche - Dagobert I* Michel Serrault - Otarius* Ugo Tognazzi - Pope Honorius and his look-alike* Carole Bouquet - Héméré...
  
  , (1984)
• Fracchia contro Dracula, (1985)
• Il ragazzo del pony express, (1986)
• Professione vacanze, television (1986)
• Appuntamento a Liverpool, (1988)
• Willy Signore e vengo lontano, (1990)
• Malheureuse, (1991)
• Oostende, (1991)
• Gangsters, (1992)
• Allulo drom, (1992)
• nessuno mo crede, (1992)
• 80mq, (1993)
• Un nome à la mer, television (1993)
• Impasse meurtrière, (1994)
• Romanzo di un giovane povero, (1995)
• Danza delle fata confetto, (1996)
• Escoriandoli, (1996)
• Cronaca di un amore violate, (1996)
• Hotel paura, (1996)
• K. (1997)
• Mare largo, (1998)
• Vite in sospeso, (1998)
• Provincia segreta, television (1998)
• Nicholas' Gift
  Nicholas' Gift
  Nichola's Gift is a 1998 television film directed by Robert Markowitz. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Alan Bates. Curtis was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance.-Cast:*Jamie Lee Curtis as Maggie Green*Alan Bates as Reg Green...
  
  , television (1998)
• Dolce fa niente, (1998)
• La vita cambia, television (2000)
• Sospetti, television (2000)
• La lingue del santo, (2000)
• Distretto di Polizia, television (2000)
• Distretto di Polizia 2, television (2001)
• Doppio agguato, television (2003)
• Cuore contro cuore, television (2004)
• Amalemi, (2005)
• L'anniversaire, (2005)
• Arrivederci amore, ciao, (2006)
• Il vizio dell'amore, television (2006)
• Saturno contro, (2007)
• Liberi di giocare, television (2007)
• Caos calmo, (2008)
• Un giorno perfetto, (2008)
• Il seme della discordia
  Il seme della discordia
  Il seme della discordia is a Golden Lion-nominated 2008 Italian film.The film is a modernisation of Heinrich von Kleist's novel The Marquise of O.- Plot :...
  
  , (2008)
• Due partite, (2009)
• Nel bianco, television (2009)

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